I Hate Clichés

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I Hate Clichés is a phrasal template that features a mock conversation between the writer of the post and a theoretical author in which the post's author claims to dislike clichés before expressing passion for them. The conversation follows the following format:

Me: I hate clichés
Author: [Names a cliche]
Me: [Expression of excitment]

Origin

On February 24th, 2018, Twitter ^[1] user @jeonkiie tweeted, "me: I hate cliches! author: gang/mafia au, ceo au, enemies to lovers trope, vampi--" (shown below).

@jeonkiie me: I hate cliches! author: gang/mafia au, ceo au, enemies to lovers trope, vampi me: GIF 8:33 AM Feb 24, 2018 Twitter for iPhone

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The following year, on July 26th, 2019, Twitter^[2] user @toffee_arts tweeted, "me: i fucking hate clichés / author: and so they’re fake dating but one of them falls in love / also me, crying: ohmygod they’re fake dating but one of them falls in love." Within one week, the tweet received more than 75,000 likes and 27,000 retweets (shown below, left).

on July 29th, 2019, Twitter^[3] user @justabookeater_ posted a variation of the tweet in which they express disdain and then a love for "the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one." The tweet received more than 221,000 likes and 59,000 retweets in five days (shown below, center).

Following the posts, other Twitter users shared variations of the format (examples below, right).

Several media outlets coverd the meme, including Mashable, ^[4] The Daily Dot ^[5] and more.

Zel @manhwa hell @toffee_arts me: i f------ hate clichés author: and so they're fake dating but one of them falls in love also me, crying: ohmygod they're fake dating but one of them falls in love 12:42 AM Jul 26, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

cam @justabookeater_ me: i hate clichés author: the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one me: *sobs* omg the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one 8:57 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane me: i hate clichés author: they agree to a marriage of convenience but then realize they actually have feelings for each other also me, crying: ohmygod they agree to a marriage of convenience but then realize they actually have feelings for each other 4:02 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples

rei @windstribes me: i hate cliches author: so they've been bestfriends for years but the other's too dumb to notice and the other's too afraid to actually confess me: ohmygod they've been bestfriends for years but the other's too dumb to notice and the other's too afraid to actually confess 1:31 AM Jul 28, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Kimi @ ILU JEAN LUPIN @MistressWesna Me: i hate cliches Author: it's freezing and they need to snuggle for warmth Me: ohmygod it's freezing and they need to snuggle for warmth 8:16 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter for Android

yosano loving hours luna @sherpace me: i hate clichés author: one of them has to kill the other but they fall in love with them instead me: *sobs* omg one of them has to kill the other but they fall in love with them instead 7:16 AM Jul 30, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Ol SHEM (i know they're seagulls) @holysheent me: i hate clichés author: it's a love story about a demon and an angel also me, crying: ohmygod it's a love story about a demon and an angel 10:48 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter Web App

CEFO @marvelintrovert me: i hate clichés author: one of them yells "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU" in the middle of an argument me: omg one of them yells "because i love you" in the middle of an argument 5:44 PM Jul 30, 2019 Twitter for Android 17.3K Retweets 57.4K Likes

Asma @SincerelyAsma me: i effing hate clichés author: and so they hate each other but there's only one bed also me, crying: ohmygod the hate each other but there's only one bed 12:41 PM Jul 27, 2019 Twitter Web App

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External References

^[1] Twitter – @jeonkiie's Tweet

^[2] Twitter – @toffee_arts' Tweet

^[3] Twitter – @justabookeater_'s Tweet

^[4] Mashable – Twitter meme reveals we're all secretly suckers for these fiction clichés

^[5] The Daily Dot – If you claim to hate fictional clichés, this meme is for you

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Jack the Dipper

Aug 02, 2019 at 10:37PM EDT

Me: I hate clichés.
Twitter: [does this]
Me: Like I said…

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seacliff

Aug 03, 2019 at 05:09PM EDT

Using tropes that are currently cliches isn't inherently bad, but it's amateurish writing to use cliches without considering their thematic importance, the context of what they were initially used for.

Inexperienced authors often fall back on cliches, most times without knowing it, as narrative shorthands for the sake of progressing the plot. That's why they become despised because they are often used so thoughtlessly.

A chunk of these aren't 'cliches' though, just tired or often poorly executed synopsis. Personally, I really appreciate it when an author does something unique with a cliche (no, there's more to it than being 'subversive', Rian Johnson) and hopefully executes it well.

I'll admit to being a very inexperienced writer myself though. Right now, I'm making an RPG Maker game where the chosen hero vanquishes the evil empire when he was seven years old, but the empire was the center of world trade so the results sent the world into a great depression. So now everyone hates the hero.